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APPLICATION FILED MAY 14, 1907. 923,381 Patented June 1,1909.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFTQE.

HENRY W. STUVER, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

BOX ATTACHMENT.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY W. STUVER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Denver, in the county of Denver and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Box Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an attachment for cigar boxes and similar receptacles and its object is to provide a device by the use of which the lid of the receptacle may be maintained at any one of a plurality of angles to the main portion and which at the same time may be employed to hold the card or ticket used in retail establishments to denote the price of the merchandise offered for sale.

My device being of most simple construction may be produced at a very low cost and for this reason can be applied in permanent connection with each cigar box before it leaves the factory, to be discarded when the latter is empty and thrown away or den1olished.

I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in the various views of which like parts are similarly designated and in which Figure 1- represents a perspective view of an open box with my attachment in operative position. Fig. 2 an enlarged fragmentary sectional view of a box equipped with my attachment, in the open position. Fig. 3 a section taken along a line 33, Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 4 a view similar to Fig. 2 with the lid of the box in the closed position. Fig. 5 a view similar to Fig. 2 showing a modified form of construction of my attachment. Fig. 6 a fragmentary side elevation of a box illustrating the members of the device shown in the preceding figure, in the position they occupy while being locked or unlocked. Fig. 7 a detail view of the lid member of the device as Figs. 8 and 9 modified forms thereof. Figs. 10 and 11 respectively, an enlarged face and edge view of the upper portion of the box member shown in Figs. 5 and 6. Fig. 12 an enlarged cross section taken along a line 1212, Fig. 2. Fig. 13 a perspective view of the box member illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, and Fig. 14 a development of the upper portion of the member illustrated in Fig. 13.

Referring to the drawings, let the refer- Speeification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 14, 1907.

Patented. June 1, 1909.

Serial No. 373,593.

ence numeral 2 designate a box such as commonly used by factories to pack and secure cigars for transportation and comprising the rectangular receptacle 3 and the therewith hingedly connected lid 4.

My attachment is indicated by the reference character 5 and is composed of two cooperative members 6 and 7, pivotally secured respectively to one of the ends 3 of the receptacle 3 and to the lid 4.

The member 7 which is shown in detail in Fig. 7 of the drawing, is composed of a fiat strip of thin metallic substance, such as tin,

provided with a longitudinally extending slot 8 which terminates in proximity to one of its extremities and which is formed along its lower edge with a series of equidistantly arranged notches 9, receding toward the fixed end of the member. This last named extremity of the member 7 has an aperture 10, adapted to receive a nail or brad 11, by means of which the member is pivotally secured upon one of the side edges of the lid 4. Intermediate this aperture and the ad jacent end of the slot 8, the member is provided with a normally longitudinally extending tongue 12 which is formed by punch ing the metal with a correspondingly shaped tool adapted to produce a U shaped slit 13, the extremities of which terminate at unequal distances from the adjacent end of the member. As a result of this arrangement, the tongue 12 may be bent along a line a, (see Fig. 7) at an angle to the longitudinal edges of the member, so as to project in approximate parallel relation to the face of the box lid 4 when the said member is secured thereto.

If so desired the-tongue may be formed by providing the member with a single longitudinal slit 14 connected by a curved ter minal portion 15 with one of the edges of the metal, as illustrated in Fig. 8. The part 16 is, in this case, bent inwardly to produce the clamping means.

Fig. 9 of the drawings illustrates another modified manner of producing the tongue which in this instance, is formed by provid ing the member 7 with an integral, laterally ranging arm 17.

The member 6 of the attachment is, like the above described lid member, composed of a strip 22 of thin metal and has in proximity to one of its extremities an aperture 18 adapted to admit a brad 19 by which it is pivotally secured upon the inner surface of the end 3 of the box 2. Its opposite end has a saddle 20, formed by bending a lateral extension 21 of the metal of a width equal to that of the main portion 22, along a line 0 in alinement with one of the latters longitudinal edges.

The portion of the main body 22 of the member opposite the bent extension 21, which is spaced therefrom a distance equal to or slightly exceeding the thickness of the member 7, is provided with an integral, inturned detent 23 adapted to enter any one of the notches 9 in the last named member.

When the two members are secured to the respective parts of the box 2, as illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4, the saddle 20 on the free extremity of the member 6, straddles the adjacent end of the lid member 7 and the detent 23 projects into the slot 8, the bent extension 21, acting as a guard to prevent injury of the contents of the box by contact with the detent when the lid is closed.

When it is desired to maintain the lid in the opened position, the detent is placed in the upper portion of the slot and moved along the plain or unnotched edge thereof until the lid has assumed the desired angle after which the detent is moved into the nearest notch to interlock the two members which when in this condition, extend in alinement with each other.

To close the lid, the members are unlocked by replacing the detent in the upper portion of the slot and moving it toward the free extremity of the member 7 until it has reached the last notch 9 which being enlarged as shown in the drawings, provides a hinge point around which the two members may turn to attain a folded position within the box, as illustrated in Fig. 4.

The tongue which as hereinbefore explained, is bent in approximate parallel relation to the inner surface of the lid, is employed to clamp a price card 24, as shown in Fig. 1.

The modified construction illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6 comprises two members 25 and 26 of equal width and pivotally attached at one of their extremities, res 'iectively upon the inner surface of the box end and the adjacent side edge of the lid. The lid member 26 has in this case a series of central longitudinally alined, equidistant-1y spaced slots 27 and the free extremity of the other member is provided with a hook shaped detent 28, which terminates in a cross bar 29, the width of which corresponds with the length of the slots 27.

I/Vhen the lid of the box is in the closed position the free extremities of the two members are disconnected and to interlock them for the purpose of securing the lid at the desired angle to the body portion of the box, the two members are placed at right angles to each. other as shown in Fig. 6 to permit the cross bar 29 to enter one of the slots 27 after which the lid is moved rearwardly until the members extend in alinement as illustrated in Fig. 5.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. An attachment of the class named comprising two cooperative members adapted to be pivotally secured at one of their extremities respectively upon the body portion and the lid of a box and constructed to be interlocked when longitudinally alined at any one of a plurality of distances from the extremities of one of them or to be hingedly connected at their free ends.

An attachment of the class named comprising two cooperative members adapted to be secured respectively upon the body portion and the lid of a box and constructed to be interlocked at any one of a plurality of distances from the extremities of one of them and having a tongue arranged to extend along the inner surface of the said lid.

3. An attachment for boxes comprising two cooperative members arranged to be pivotally secured at one of their extremities, one of the said members having a series of paced notches and the other member a detent adapted to be inserted in any one of the latter, the said apertures and detent being arranged to cooperatively interlock the said members when the latter are in longitudinal alinement.

4. An attachment for boxes comprising two cooperative members arranged to be pivotally secured at one of their extremities, one of the said members having a longitudinal slot provided with a series of notches in one of its edges and the other member having a detent arranged to be inserted in any one of the said notches when the members are in longitudinal alinement.

5. An attachment for boxes comprising two cooperative members adapted to be pivotally secured at one of their extremities, one of the said members having a series of spaced notches and the other member a saddle extremity arranged to straddle the first named member and a detent within the saddle, adapt-ed to be inserted into any one of the said notches.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

I-IENRY W. STUVER.

itnesses G. J. ROLLANDET, K. M. STUMP. 

